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The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-01
LOCAL DENVER PLATFORM.

Por the Fall Campaign OF 1887.
We, the Labor Party Club Of Denver.
hereby adopt the following platform and
declaration Of principles, to the support Of
which we ask the adherence Of all honest
and thoughtful men:
We are the party that, at the spring elec
tons, polled In this city l,540 votes, VINO
since then have held weekly agitation meet
ings for Ihe purpose Of studying the causes
and remedies OF poverty, misery. vice. and
crime In ths republic and the common
wealth OF Colorado, Diet. rmined hat wher
such were ascertained by the light Of SCI
ence, that we would emb0dy them In Oul
platform and call upon all men 10 aid In az
uprootlng OF the conditions that create these
Affections, through the medium OF the ballot
We shall nominate ticket Of men pledg.
ed 10 the support Of thus declaration, and we
ask for them the votes Of the people.
II we should waste our time on side Issue:
or keep silent, or remain slavishly In the
ranks OF the old parties, the very stones al
our feet would cry out. Murder Is commit
ted day by day through The Infamous wage
system. Children are slain, women work cd
TO death, men killed in,h by inch, and these
crimes are never punished by law. The AZ.
fairs Of this land are administered by the
capitalist class for their own benefit They
deny us justice, liberty and the full proceeds
Of our labor. The mechanic sinks To slav'
cry, the farmer falls ~ tenancy. This ad.
minstration OF affairs suits Us no longer. II
leads to disastrous consequences. In 1t Is
ot only physical but mental aud moral deg
10 latlon. While ,ne part Of us are worked
to death the others cut Of employment are
starved ~ death. There Is filth. injustice,
drunkenness, prostitut1on and theft. There
should be light, liberty, law, civilization and
Justice.
shc competitive wage system Il the cause
of all this. Its remedy, science tells US, lies
In the cooperative association Of the collect.
i've people; Ia the assumption and opera
ton ry them OF the natural resources, the
tools OF production, the mediums Of ex.
change, communication and transportation.
IN 40 far as these things can be carried
ou,, these means enforced, these Ideas put
into practice, we are pledged by this plat
form through our nominees, II elected to
apply the remedy.
Let the workers and thinkers rally to the
support OF the Right.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-01
PLATFORM OF THE PROGRESSIVE
LABOR PARTY.

LABOR PARTY.
AT a meeting held in Webster
Hall, New York, September 8,
representatives from labor organi-
cations throughout the state Of
New York unanimously adopted
the following platform of princi-
pies:
Whereas, Realizing the necessity Of con.
slant vigilance and united action, the vari-
Gus trade organisations Of the city OF New
York have established . representative body
known as the Central Labor Union; and,
Whereas, Their declared purpose in 10 do
ing was ITO assist each other in oil struggles
political and Industrial" against the en-
croachments Of . capitalistic ollearcny, hos.
tile to labor and destructive 70 American
liberty: and,
Whereas, We hold with the Central Labor
Union:
/. THAT the soil OF every country is the
social and common inheritance Of the peo-
ple."
2. THAT labor produces al wealth" which
includes the instruments through which
alone the forces OF nature become accessi-
BILE.
3. That all should" therefore, have
free access to land" and 70 the instruments
of production" without tribute 70 landlords
and monopolists."
4. "That there can b no harmony between
capital and labor under the present indus
trial system," which either dWazfs or sup
presses individual development BY oenying
to the masses Of the American people their
inalienable hight 70 life, libsety and the pur-
suit Of happineaA
5. THAT the emancipation Of the working
classes must be achieved BY the working
classes themselves" }" thro0gh ''ths establish
ment," as demanded by Tie Knights Of La
Dor, "of cooperative institntiona, such ~
will tend TO supsrssds The wage system BY
the introduction of ooops1ative industrial
system:" and.
Whereas. The Central Labor Union, in
pursuance Of its Object has on several occa-
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~ ~. - IS Y I. \. G.
1esolvsds xnat - repssl lntativss Of Or
onnicoa Mhm 4 eolxentl6n xoSenbled. -
a1nnn ~ yoo1obguaa ef ~ Central Labor
Un1on ~ ~ 1kniGhfo e I6Aug.
Resolved 41nt ~ ~ fliltheFanes q IL
groat ADesieaA noyoment q ~ maassa
aoaingt ~ elnns upoa II natural linss,
~ eooG11tato oafD1aves INTO - lndependent
poai1leol body unaw ~ nAme a "Progress.
I've Labor raxu" tohs primerly and psrms-
nently controlled by ~ bona hds labor o..
ganiaaeicna vage vcxksFs and producers. ot
he eatys o. the seAte, and q The nation,
throagh thelr leeredited tedrsprossntativss.
ResolvSd, 1ha& WITH Avisv to the ANIME
diaas relief " ths psopls hy the correction Of
glazing abusos, and thesuppression Of odious
wrongs. W Arst demand:
That EIGHT houzs constitute : day's work.
Prohibition Of child labor IN al occupa-
ton.
Prohibition Of iii female labor in occupa-
tlons dstrimsntal 70 health or morality.
Equal pay 70 both sexes for equal work.
Payment Of wages weekly In lawful money
and no more "truck" pay.
First lien for workmen's wages.
The enactment Of justsr laws for the liabil-
tiles Of employers to employees.
Abolition Of the contract system In prison
and on public works.
Sweeping reform Of the tenement-house
system.
Abolition OF tenementhouse cigar-making
and all other tenement-house manufactur-
ing.
Sanitary inspection Of mines, factories,
dwellings and all cond tions oflabor.
Rigid enforcement Of the law prohibiting
the importation Of foreign labor under con-
tract.
Rigid enforcement Of all existing beneficial
labor laws.
Equal adult citizenship and suffrage with
outregard 70 sex.
Repeal Of all blue laws.
Repeal Of all conspiracy laws, tramp laws,
and all class legislation and privileges.
No Pinkeltons; no armed bandits In the
pay Of capital.
Resolved, That with view to progressive
advance in the direction marked out by the
above declaration Of principles, we further
more demand:
The public ownership and management OF
railroads, telegraphs, express and steamship
lines, telephones, gas and water works and
all industries involving the use Of public
franchises, or the performances Of public
functions.
The direct issue Of currency and money
by the national treasury, without the inter-
vention Of banks.
And as first step to the recovery of the
natural Inheritance Of the people, we favor
q special tax on pnimproved land, sufficient
" high to compel It's improvement or its sur
render to the community by the speculators
who Withhold 1t from use.
We favor also q tax on all incomes above
two thousand dollars per annum, SO gradu-
ated as to bear most heavily npon the great
incomes Of the monopolistic classes and cor
porations, and thus materially tighten the
burdens now borne by the workers, pro-
'ducers and masses Of the people.
With the same end in view, We also favor
the exemption from taxation of the average
homestead, farms, manufactures, working
tools and properties under IS 900 in value. oc-
cupied or productivity used by the owners,
and not rented ont.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-01

Union Laber--Cincinnati,F Feb. -, 1857.
BY request of q large number of per-
sons we publish the platform of the Union
Labor Party at Cincinnati:
Preamble-The delegates Of the various
industrial and reform political organiza-
tions have assembled from thirty-one
states and territories on this anniversary
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I. o. o. F. GRAND LODGE

H ass % 40 ri, - sII u
And Grand Encampmont to Moot In till
City this wcek. 5g
This forenoon at 10 o'clock tho I. 0. O
+. Grand Encampmsnt Of West Virgins
will open in Odd Fellows hall, in thi:
city. Grand Patriarch W. h. sheib will
preside. Officers will be elected, and it il
thought The bueiress before the body car
be concluded by Tonight. ia 3.:5s..
Tuesaay morning ut 10 O'Clock the Grand
Lodge bceinB its session; Grand Master T.
8. Spatce will preside. Thia body will sit
during Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thurs.
day, end during the session will elect off.
cara 10Y tho coming year. Wednesday
night supper end entertainment complI-
mentsry to the Grand Encanpuept and
Grand Lodge will be given st the First
Baptist Church. ~ li4is5{Hlss75
a The local entertainment committee is
made up as follows: G. K. Smith, Abrams
&ncampmont No. l; William Elliugham,
Wheel,ng Encampment No. IL; WIN. II.
sheib, Virginins Lodge No. 2; jacob Tsy-
lor, Franklin Lodge No. 2;SW. q. Grshe,
William Tell Lodge No. Q; 8. N. Dsrrah,
Whseling Lodge No. 0; Emil Arndt,
Pamela LodEes No. ~; Jos. Il. Purcell,
Excelsior Lodge No. 40. S. NJ Difrah is
ireeldent OF the committee, aud W. II.
shei5 !s Secretary. During the week the
membcrs OF tho committee will be distin-
gulshed by light blue badge, II;
Grand Master Spates and number Of
delegated GRE already in the city. He is
stopping at tho McLure House, 80 are also
Messrs. LOWS Walter, Samuel II. Merrill
and John W. Bosworth, Of tPhilippi; D.
d. Cline and E. O. Protzman, of Morgan.
town. Messfs. nosyorth and Merrill are
accompanied by their wives.i 555e9 p.
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CatarIh to CONSUMPTION,


Catatrh In It's destructive iorce stands next to
and undoubtedly lesds on to consumption. It Ia
therefore singular that these afflicted with this
fearful disease Ehould not make 1t tho object OF
their livtG to rid themselves OF It, Deceptive rem
edics concocted by ignorant. pretenders to medical
knowledge have weakened the confidence OF the
great majority Of sufferers In NIL advertised rene
dlea They become resigned to life OF misery
rather than torture Themselves with doubtful pal
Hatives ars5ffl - - Cd -. $3.50. - -
But this will never do. C.tarrh must he met at
every stage and comtated with ell our might, In
many csses the disease has assumed dangerous
symptoms The bones and cartilage Of tho nose,
the organs Of hearing, Of seeing and OF tasting 10
Affected as to be useless. tho uvula 30 elongated,
the throat SO infamcd and irrltated as 10 produce
constant and distressing cough, ,-$sS,iSf II
saniotds Radical Cure meets every phase Of Ca
tarrh, from simple head cold to the most loaih-
some and destructive stages It is local and con.
sdtutlonal, Instant In relieving, permanent in
curing, safe, economical aud neVer.iailipg lGtI;i
Each pacIsge contains one bottle Of the Radical
Cure. one box Catarrhal Solvent, and an ImprOVed
Inhaler, with treatise; price, 81. " q ~
POTTER DRue & CHEMICAL Co., Boston. ss.5ss
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"Dick Blazer" Post No 81, Department.
Of West Virginia, G. A. R., was mustered
Saturday evening, October Is, at White
Oak Grove, Mason county, by Comrade
]. A. Gibbons. Of J. ]. Polsley Poat No. II.
There were thirty.two charter members.
A good time was enjoyedb ell present,
and the future prospects Of the post are
very bright. During the winter months
they expect to double their membership.
George H. Thomas Post No. 81, Tun.
Melton, W. Va, will give gift concert on
December 2 and 5, at Tunnelton. The
gifts to be drawn range from a hundred
acre fafm to articles worth 81. Tickets
can bs had for % cents. 44sS
3 Du,ing the winter months tho posts
throughout the State intend giving bean
bakes and holding camp fires, and thus
rcpleuish their relief funds. AS far as
heard from the people generously assist
at theee entertainments. H. Z 2
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4 WELL KNOWN, ITALIAN DEAD.
Old Joe LnrvafIo, better known, Rs ,'Guri.
fs +gs bnldj,r pnsscs awpy. AZ tslgsl

70
baldi," passes away. n i4Sl *
Nearly everybody in Wheeling was ia.
miliar with disappearance oiJoe Lafvaxzo,
yot probably not dozen people In the
town knew himby name. Many knew him
as italian Joe,n and moro as 'Garlbaldi.n
He was the heavy Get old Italian with the
wrinkled viasge and close.cropped iron
gray hair who kept peanut stand
on tho corner Of Main and Twelfth atreets,
by the Exchange bank: He was an Ital.
ian, but lived while, 1t Is said, In France,
and afterwards returned 10 his own land
and fought In Garihaldi's army. He waa
q great admirer Of Gsribaldi, and from his
constan. roforonces to him won that nick.
name. His attempts to speak English 70.
suited In THE worst lingual compound
ever heard; but he was o good humored
old fellow, and had many irlends. Ho
did q thriving business, first at the stand
opposite the Washington hall and after.
wards At the Exchange bank stand. ~,
lie rooned alone. In tho old county jail
building on Market street, above Tenth.
When he came from his room ho always
locked 1t with paddock. Friday night
tho other tenants Of tho building heard
him 20 noiselessly up the stairs and utum.
BILE about In hin two rooms. Saturday he
did not appear, and the paddock was not
on the door. Yesterday the paddock was
still not there, and the neighbors told the
police. Officer Dunlap and several neigh.
bors went; to the door, and failing to get
any response to knocka or callD, forced
tho door open.
Old Joe waa found III the back room
partially dlsrobud for bed, with his head
hanging back over the back OF the chair
on which he Bat, aud dead. He mus: have
died Friday night. he was seen going
home that night, very drunk.
Coroner schul,zs was notified and after
hearing such testimony "a was offered,
gave verdlc! in accordance with the fscts
without o formal inquest.
In joss pockets WAS found about S23.
It Is said that he had money on deposit In
the Exchange bank. he leaves relative
In Murlreesboro, Tenn, who was notified
by telegraph. The Italian residents Of
tho city took charge Of the remains, and
will SEQ that they are deCently buried.
Joe had been Catholic years ago, but
had abandoned all church connections.
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PHOSPHATE BAKING POWDERS.

Tho large amount Of liner! matter OF
realduum in both tho phosphate and alum
powders will be noted. This in the phos.
plate powders is largely of lime; in the
alum powders it is chiefly alum. It will
be gratifying to the public to observe that
tho powder in moat general use. the Royal,
is also the pureHt. In comparing the first
two powders on the list, for instance-the
Royal and Dr.. PIice's-the inert matter in
Dt. Prices is seen to bs about five in seven
more than in the former, a difference OF
II az per cent, the Royal being purer
than PRICES by corresponding figure. 3
The carbonic or leavening gas produced
by the powders Indicates their strength;
and their true value may be sscertained
by considering the amount Of this gas in
connection with their inert matter or resi-.
dunn as shown above. The higher the
percentage Of gas and the lower the
percentage Of residuum the better the
baking powder. These percentages, ss
found in some Of the most familiar
powders, are given as follows: Vi ~.
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TIE BAKING POWDERS.
TILE ONO STATE COMMISSION
], .ANALYZE. al
The Chief Brands Sold In this State Tested
and their Strength and valuo OH.
MIX cially Ascortained.

The Ohio State Dairy and Food Com.
missioner, Gen. s. H. Hurst, has made
public Circular No. o. the results Of the
Commissions investigation OF baking
powder This Commission was formed by
the Legislature, with instructions to make
an examination OF tho food supply Of the
State, and to give report Of such exam.
inu!ion 10 the public. The examination
Of the baking powders was made by
Professor 81. A. Weber, State Chemist,
and, relating as II does 10 an article oil
daily use In the food Of almost every one,
10 Of particular interest. I MAI. ~
The rather startling fact is brought out
BY the report that Of the thirty different
brands OF baking powder analysed, COM
posing about all those sold In the State,
twenty OF them a,e made from alum, q
substance declared by tho highest inedi.
cal autherities to be injurious to health
when used in food. lGiHr t.e'R1 ~
The Commissioner Classiiies the baking
powders into three general diyislons, &C.
cordtnR to their value: =, y
lst. Cream Of Tartar Baking Powders
ID. Phosphate Baking Powders: 8
Sd. Alum Baking Powders. 9
The object Of baking powders Is, when
mixed In the flour and subjected to mois.
ture, to generate q leavenlug gas in the
dough, which will raise the bread and
cause 1t to be porous and light. The Com.
missioner explains that the best baking
powder Is that which, the ingredienta
being healthful, gives of the largest
amount OF leavening gas and leaves the
smsllest amount OF residuum In the bread.
A small amount OF carbonate OF ammonia,
which Ia considered healthful, 10 used In
some Of the cream OF tartar powders to
give them higher strength. Tho Com.
mission say that pure alum Is undoubted.
!y hurtlul salt, and that the resultant
salts from It's combination with coda as
formed in the bread, can scarcely be less
hurtlul. The report ranks the powdera
and shows the amount In each Of inert
resultants, which in using 1t would appear
as reslduum in the bread, as follows:
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FOR Fl.IENDLESS WOMEN,
Tho Management Organizes and is Iscndy
L.r eE4 2ati Tor Its Work. Tg

Aho AAuasomont orEunlzen anu Is scnuy
VI sgd 2asi Tor Its Work. g
At recsnt meeting Of tho Bubscr'bcrr
to tho Home for Fr;cndleHs Women, hold
in the parlors Of the Young Mems Ch1ie.
tisn Association, tho following Board Of
Directors was elected: Rsv. A. L. Jor.
dan, Rev. r. R. swope, Row. N. L. Atwood,
Rev. R. F. Randolph, Rev. D. A. Gun.
ningham, Myron Hubbard, G. W. Akin.
con, P. Il. Williams. J. A. Bell, J. N.
Vance, Captsin John Mcclure, A, J,
Clarke, 3. II. Kasley, J. L. Hughes and
Allen Brock. .r.zoE1,.s
The Board organized by the election oil
Rev. Dr.. Swops as Chairman, G. W. Atkir.
con Secretary and James A. Bell Treasurer.
at the meeting Of the Board OF Dircc.
toza held last Friday evening in the Young
Mems Ohria.isn Association parlors, the
following Board Of Lady Marsgess OF the
Home WIS appointed, viz: Mira. D. A.
Cunningham, Mrs. a. J. Clarke, Mrs.
George X. Wheat, Mrs. J. A. Bell, Mrs.
O. W. F.anzheim, Mrs. ]. N. Vance, Mrs.
L. J. Stone, Mrs. G. Mendel, Mrs. D. @.
List, Mira. George Wise, Mra. h. W. Liet,
Mrs. 8. 1. Hildreth, Mrs. ]. F. PAUL and
Mrs. 7. 7. Hutchinson.
Tho Board Of Managers, composed ex-
clusively Of ladics. will have charge Of the
inetilution, and will st an early day secure
@ building and furnish 1t for the purpose
Of receiving friendless women. 2s
This 10 lsudable enterprise and the
public Las taken hold Of 1t In right good
earnest. It is designed to be q permanent
institution, and other points in West Viz
glnia will doubtless patronizs 1t.
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There we're registered on the blotter OF
poles headquarters last evening tho fol.
loving cases for this mornings Police
Court: FL, ri
Dave Gartley, drunk, arrested by LII.
kens; John Smith, drunk, by Officer
Brinkran; Gust Gruse, drunk, by Brink.
man; William Bowman, indeconcy in
public, by Grnblcr; Dora Conway and
John Conway, fighting OF the Mcclure
House yesterday afternoon, arrented by
Officer West. =
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THE TURNER'S DAY.
The Bezlrk practices Meeting in TIL.

The Dezlrk Practices Meeting in this
gEsst City. Tfsla
+ Yesterday the Turnvereinen Of this
Bt=irk, or district, met in this city 10,
their monthly practice. Turner's were
present from Pittsburgh, Allegheny,
Wheeling, Birmingham, Allentown, Mans.
field, Braddacks, McKeoaport, Johnatown,
stcubenyllls, bsllaiss, Manchester and
East Liverpool. .iS
The exercises we're rather informal in
their character, and continued from 10 A.
NJ, With m interval for dinner, till i p. NJ.
In this exhibition it Is On established cus.
tom that every Turner must participate,
despite his age or haBh. For this reason
many ludicrous. incidents occur to keep
the guests IN q continuous roar Of laugh.
tor. Il g.53i, 5sjs 5'a
The Turner's present were divided into
clssBes, and competed in friendly way
in the different kinds OF acrobatic e1er.
cises. One OF the most interesting parts
OF the programme wss the exhibition Of
fancy featH Of gymuastics and skililul
fencing by fine claes Of eight all around
athletes from the South Side Turn Soci.
city ct Allegheny. These young Turner's
are ssid by those who saw them 10 be
ysry xoe1t and skillful. a.
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Religious Services In German.

Prof. Hanpt, the German teacher, con.
Quoted services in tho English Lutheran
Sunday school rooms yesterday afternoon
In German for the benefit OF bis students
and others who desired to take part. Sow.
eral Germeas' were there and seemed to
take much pleasure il the exerciacs.
Pupils who week before had not thought
o. learning German, read in the German
Bible, ssng German hymns and UNDER
stood all the services, not 3 word OF which
wnu in Engliuh. Others who did rot speak
German and had not seen anything Of the
made in ?ai.week wero amrzsd. By
the kindness OF Rev. MIR. Dorm.
blsser, who is one Of the class, such
servleea, open to tho public, will Bee con-
tinued esah gunday afternoon during
Prof.. Hanpta stay in Wheeling, aud there
u talk among hIa pupil0 OF keeping up a
Sunday Bible class in German alter bis
Departure ~ 81 5{}i; lffl} rs
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A Child kidnapped.

Yesterday q stranger, while intoxicated
picked up email child two or thres years
old, in the Second ward and carried II
down etreot over tho creek. Whether It
/, was Il drunken freak or case Of real kid.
mapping 10 not known. The child belong.
ed to g Mrs. Diddy, who lives west Of
Market ttreet In the alley north OF Tenth.
The man had gono ns far as tho Fifth
ward, and tho child was crying pitifnlly,
when its weeping attracted attention. Tie
man pinched 1t whenever 1t uttered a cry,
Frank Fre6s, tho colored man, spoke to
him and hs lat tho child 90 and went on
alone. Freds found out by inquiry where
the child belonged and restored 1t to It's
mother. He asyo he knows. the man by